Senior Manager: Data Science

**Job Overview**:
As a Senior Data Scientist your primary role will be to lead and participate in data science projects, solving a variety of use cases across the Group and for its customers. You will be an expert in employing and evolving data science tools and frameworks across on-prem and cloud big data infrastructure to assist the Insights team to unlock measurable value for the group. Together with a team of lead and senior data scientists you will develop our machine learning and deep learning competencies and will train and develop our junior data science resources.
**Responsibilities**:
- Engage with stakeholders to lead and support data science project delivery solving business problems or developing solutions
- Using mathematical, statistical and machine learning techniques to solve problems
- Programming solutions using data science programming languages (Python, R etc.)
- Executing end to end exploratory data analysis and product development processes
- Implementing visualization (Tableau, PowerBI), advanced analytics and data science solutions for customers
- Lead and develop a team of junior data scientists
- Strong support to the lead data scientist
- Contribute to our agile way of work and our innovation culture
Operational:
- Work with the data management team to retrieve data from source
- Guide most appropriate data science tools and/or approaches for specific projects
- Contribute to our ML/DL codebase through reusable modules
- Developing &
peer reviewing code
- Building best practice standards
**Functional Knowledge Required**:
Statistical foundations;
Mathematical foundations;
Data science and analytics frameworks;
Programming experience (Python, R, Git, Linux);
Cloud computing experience (GCP preferable);
Big Data (preferably Hadoop, PySpark)
**Functional Skills Required**:
Problem Solving;
Coding capability (specifically Python, R, Git, Linux);
Cloud computing (GCP preferable);
Machine learning;
Research &
Development ability;
Communication (written and verbal);
Stakeholder management
**Qualifications Required**:
Post graduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Engineering or a related field (NQF level 8);
OR a qualified Actuary with data science
Experience.
A Masters degree (NQF level 9) will be an advantage.
**Experience Required**:
5-7 years relevant experience, at least 2 years of which must have been in a data science environment.
2 years of the above experience must have been in a management or supervisory role.
Experience in ICT will be an advantage.
**Job Types**:
Full-time, Permanent
**Salary**:
R850,000.00 - R1,200,000.00 per year